Reacting to THE ABYSS (1989) | Movie Reaction

[@xenomorph2056]

30:29 honestly, that was one of THE MOST heartfelt screams I've ever heard in cinema. Ed Harris is such a phenomenal actor.

[@droidx1191]

"How did they film this?" Very worth the time to watch the documentary that answers that question. Possibly the most difficult shoot in movie history.

[@wratched]

It got so insane that the trailers actually tried to sell it on that basis: "One of the most challenging motion pictures ever made,"

[@RamonPalomino85]

Production Hell

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

omg so true, when the heat pipes broke down, must have been crap to actually shoot in cold water and in short bursts so not to go into hyperthemia!@@RamonPalomino85

[@markbartoszek8585]

Ed Harris refuses to even talk about this film. Understandable since he nearly died making it.

[@DarthFader3000]

The "It was a sh*t show" version is good too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apyUqmmKfLxlaqssi=JHaF0z2ih2azqK_H

[@ohdarn693]

Glad you watched the extended edition. They cut too much from the theatrical version to get it down to 2 hours because they thought audiences wouldn't pay to sit through a longer movie.

[@mgordon1100]

Then, 12 years later, with attention spans dwindling, audiences sat through the Lord Of The Rings trilogy 3 years in a row. The final movie lasted even half an hour longer than the first two.

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

She watched the special edition and was still confused even though the movie explained everything quite clearly lol

[@bigdream_dreambig]

15:58 "Why is all the doors closin' by themselves?" It's a safety measure to prevent water from flooding the parts of the structure that still have solid walls.

[@YodatheHobbit]

Genuinely how does someone reach their 20s without this as common sense knowledge?

[@GiantsJets718]

Lol I know right

[@johnbuchanon7717]

My wife and I still use that text phrase as between Lindsey & Bud. We were scuba divers and she went on to get commercial training a few years after this movie was released. It's a favorite of ours. You are one of the few reactors I've ever seen react to this movie and it's such a treasure. Thank you for a great reaction too!

[@shainewhite2781]

There were a lot of problems behind the scenes as neither the cast nor crew liked working with James Cameron, as he was going through a divorce with his wife, producer Gale Anne Hurd. Cameron would yell at the actors for not doing a good job on any of the scenes. Cameron and actor Ed Harris almost got into a fight while they were filming a scene. Cameron punched the underwater stunt coordinator for not helping after he almost drowned. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio walked off the set following her resuscitation scene after she was slapped around too many times and said "We are not animals." A hurricane hit near the set, causing filming to be shutdown for a while. After filming had wrapped after 140 days, the actors tore down the set with their bare hands to let out all the rage, anger, and frustration of working with Cameron. Ed Harris drove 5 miles down the road from the set, pulled over and broke down crying, knowing that his nightmare of working with Cameron was finally over.

[@Bfdidc]

Hell as a director but the film looks great.

[@WheresWaldo05]

James Cameron is still a D bag.

[@rbrtck]

Well, on the bright side, that experience sure seemed to help their method acting. By the way, Mary's experience with that resuscitation scene was made even worse because they all had to do it an additional time because the director of photography ran out of film. She wasn't too happy about that.

[@DerGeek]

"Get on top of her and do it harder." "Maybe the slapping helped?"

[@THOMMGB]

Dawn, I read the book so that’s how I know that Bud’s ring is made of titanium, a super strong metal. It also helped that Bud’s ring was wider than a traditional wedding band. And yes, that really was a rat breathing that liquid as shown in the movie.

[@DigitalJediMaster]

In fact, men's wedding bands are often made of titanium. I know mine is and I didn't even pick it out.

[@waynezimmerman1950]

The book was written by Orson Scott Card; noted science fiction author(Enders Game and others), at the same time the movie was under development. He wrote intro chapters for the three main characters, which the actors used as guides. On a personal note, I had a bonding moment with Dad(of beloved memory) when we watched this together. As a systems engineer he got really attached to Lindsey Brigman(ably played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and as people kept called her Queen Bitch he just laughed. "She not a bitch, you know." he told me. "She's an engineer." 😎❤👍

[@AlexSwanson-rw7cv]

Titanium isn't particularly strong per volume, but it is strong for its mass. So it's probably more accurate to describe it as light than strong.

[@ianstopher9111]

My ring is titanium and I chose it to emulate Bud's ring.

[@petersonchan9250]

"Talk dirty to him......" Lmao! Doesn't matter what movie you're reacting to, I always end up smiling! 😉😄

[@randomtryst5487]

The wedding ring was made of titanium and his wife had a matching one. Something to do with it being a metal widely used in deep sea exploration so they thought it would be suitable for their wedding rings. The perflurorocarbon emulsion fluid that was used to breathe with is real, and the six rats used to film the scene all survived . Ed Harris didn't breathe the fluid though, and just had a helmet with a trick visor that made it looked like he did.

[@Geth-Who]

This was nightmarish to make apparently, but it's still completely unique as a film. The soundtrack especially is absolutely goddamn elevating to experience. Also genuinely startled at how close you got with your prediction.

[@Deegee_1969]

Apparently it was tortuous to make. There's a KZbin video documenting all the stuff that went on behind the scenes. When the film was completed, the crew were given a t-shirt with the slogan, "F*ck you, I did The Abyss". James Cameron also acknowledges that he was one reason for the stress behind the scenes, and has apparently mellowed out a bit since.

[@MLawrence2008]

"Get on top of her and do it harder!" My coffee ended up on the floor I laughed so hard!!!! Thanks Dawn, great reaction.

[@goldean5974]

That breathable liquid is real, and the rat in the film really did breathe it in the scene. It hasn’t been thoroughly tested on humans due to risk of embolism and other complications.

[@MarshaLove0723]

There was a nuclear sub that lost power when the alien ship passed by. When they got power back, they realized too late that they were headed towards the rocks. They crashed and everyone on the sub died. The secret mission was to recover the nukes. When dude went crazy, he decided to send one down to the aliens.

[@RoSaWa386-33]

Uh. How'd he know? Did the sub captain call him? "We're gonna crash - but I had to stop and phone you. Thank the stars that the phone-line was connected to you." Or was it "Thank goodness your cell-tower and mine work!" The Americans weren't reacting to aliens. There has always been a race for a sunken sub's nukes by USA vs. USSR.

[@PeterDavid7KQ201]

How did who know what?

[@JeffGes]

Michael Biehn's character was sent to recover nukes because the Soviets were after them. That's all. When he was flipping out, THEN he saw the aliens. His mission wasn't anti-alien - it was anti-Soviet. But I think he decided Soviets-Aliens were all the same. He was not a well person long before. I remember he was always searching for Terminators, too...

[@MrSheckstr]

The point of “recovering” the warhead was to use it to scuttle the sub.

[@shallowgal462]

Thank you! Someone needed to say it. Where did she get the idea the aliens teleported the sub or used a transporter???

[@rbrtck]

I love how they managed to get a "space suit" into the movie, since that's exactly what the liquid breathing suit looks like. And the part where the NTI takes Bud by the hand kind of reminds me of when Dave Bowman went through the portal (wormhole) in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ .

[@garryiglesias4074]

Well wasn't it just John Glenn ?

[@rbrtck]

@@garryiglesias4074 Well, looks like someone knows his stuff-- _The Right Stuff_ . 😉

[@rbrtck]

The dead guy with the crab crawling out of his mouth was played by Mike Cameron, James Cameron's brother. Their whole family are scientists and engineers (and James is a noted undersea explorer, despite having a career in film), and Mike has helped design and build equipment for his brother to use in many of his movies, including this one and _Titanic_ .

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie is coming back to theaters for one day only on December 6th! It will be in 4K!

[@emwa3600]

This is a GOTTA see in theatres. THIS is what the Big-Screen Experience is all about.

[@only257]

@@emwa3600agreed 🎉

[@5Ci0N]

I'll wait til 2035 and watch it in 8K

[@TheCkent100]

And it was just announced that it will be released on 4K blu-ray on March 12, 2024. Finally! I just read the press release announcing the release of "The Abyss", "True Lies", "Aliens" and both "Avatar" movies. Unfortunately, the press release does not say if the blu-ray will include both the "Theatrical Version" and the "Extended Director's Cut Version" of "The Abyss" or just one version (either theatrical or extended, but not both).

[@Osprey850]

@@TheCkent100 FWIW, the Aliens announcement mentions that both versions will be included on the Aliens blu-ray, so, hopefully, the same is the case with The Abyss.

[@marcoadan1]

A guy named Virgil saved the world. Not because he disarmed a bomb, but because the aliens saw the good in him. In us. Just like the film Starman with Jeff Bridges...he says about humans, "Do you want to know what I find beautiful about you? You are at your very best, when things are worst." Maybe there is hope for us.

[@vincentpuccio3689]

His wedding band is made out of titanium, it’s one of the strongest metals on the planet

[@MrGpschmidt]

Deep Cut, Dawn Marie - I saw this opening day in NYC @ the late, great Ziegfeld Theatre (one of the city's last movie palaces) and was truly overcome during the resuscitation scene (in fact it always makes me cry). Cameron - say what you will about him - always delivers the goods and Ed Harris & Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio are so excellent in this. This was the first film to employ 'morphing' visual f/x (the aliens' watery/shimmery images) that would be perfected in TERMINATOR 2.

[@squirethemouse3457]

"Be good humans" ❤

[@kieronball8962]

Dawn Marie's reaction videos are always awesome to watch and The Abyss is simply an awesome sci-fi movie.

[@kennethdavis3736]

Thanks for watching The Abyss. In the novel we learn that Lindsey bought Bud a titanium wedding ring because it suited his personality better. This is why his ring was not instantly crushed by the hydraulic door.

[@joelsalgado5808]

I'm glad you liked it. It got mixed reviews when it came out, but this director's cut showed more of the alien's perspective and added to the story. Can't wait to see it again on the big screen, Dec 6th!

[@gunmetal2890]

I was so hoping to hear the words "Special Edition"... this is one of those movies that is so much better for it... thank you. I haven't even watched this reaction yet but was itching to comment :)

[@blakewalker84120]

15:58 "Why are all the doors closing by themselves?" To save lives. Each section of the rig is capable of being sealed off, so if one section floods, that one section is sealed off and everybody everywhere else stays alive.

[@rbrtck]

Sometimes people who are "losing it" cut themselves to convince themselves that what is happening is real. It's like an extreme form of pinching oneself to make sure that one isn't dreaming. This happens in real life sometimes.

[@robertzapata5395]

I get so much entertainment from just watching you trying to figure out what the movie is going to be about! You make me laugh so much Dawn and I thank you for that. I have no doubt you put smiles on people's faces when they watch your reaction videos.

[@robertzapata5395]

How do I get in touch with you on telegram? Don't I need a link or phone number?

[@quixote6942]

The "shaking hand guy" was Michael Biehn, You saw him as "Reese" in the Terminator. We came from the Ocean, so maybe they are what stayed below, or if they were Alien, Maybe the Cold, airless depths was the closest thing to the atmosphere on their planet.

[@aldepal]

Yayyyy! James Cameron just announced that he remastered this film!

[@emwa3600]

It's being shown in 4k at some theaters on Dec 6th. This is a must-see on the big screen- these little videos PLUS the crowd's reaction is so much more powerful.

[@HonRevPTB]

HE'S JUST AS BAD AT THAT REMASTERING HIS FILMS SHIT AS JIMMY PAGE IS AT REMASTERING LED ZEPPELIN ALBUMS!!!!!!!

[@Billy-zv6gv]

Scariest ocean monsters are Squidward, Mr. Crabs, and, of course, scariest of all, Plankton. Eeek!

[@jerrypeacock2234]

Liquid breathing it's not only real it was real at the time this movie was made, and the song was, willing by the band Littlefoot

[@peesua]

You might like THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER starring Sean Connery. A cold war classic.

[@quietrobert2010]

I met Michael Biehn (lead navy seal). I named some of my favorite movies, and while I was naming them. I realized 5 of my favorite movies had him in it.

[@whoarocket]

"Maybe it's like sea aliens" (she guesses sarcastically while nailing the plot of the movie)

[@harryrabbit2870]

The sequel, "Son of Abyss," is a must-watch.

[@AndrewGivens]

Very good. I enjoyed the comedy remake, "Smile, You Son of Abyss".

[@DanielS2001]

The third film, "Life's Abyss and Then You Die" was a heartbreaking downer for the trilogy. XD

[@Joshu_Y]

Glad you saw the Director's Cut, it makes an otherwise OK movie about 200% better with the extra footage (even if the acting in those scenes feels like a rough read-through). (I mean there were no tidal waves or anything in the theatrical version...? It's like a totally different, less interesting movie). I remember this was one of the earliest movies to have a home video Director's Cut release back then - on Laserdisc no less... I didn't have any fancy-shmancy Laserdisc player, so when they showed this version on cable TV, you can bet it found its way to a VHS tape near me....

[@Elerad]

I always thought Michael Biehn was underappreciated in this movie. He does a really great job of showing someone who is in completely over his head, cut off from a chain of command on which he usually depends for nearly all decision making, trying to reconcile things he does not understand with his interpretation of orders in an ever-changing situation. PLUS he's dealing with the effects of deep pressure on his body and mind. Given all of that, I love the look of a man who is constantly on the verge of cracking, clinging to the discipline he has had instilled in him.

[@raymondamador1487]

Great reaction. The Alien's technology works with water. Space is fluid, like water, only thinner.

[@ElliotNesterman]

Today's secret phrase: jellyfish fairy.

[@herrzimm]

Literally EVERY "underwater" scene in this movie was filmed in an abandoned Nuclear Plant under construction. Because of the regulations and protests against building the plant, they had stopped construction AFTER the "water tanks" had been built. They were some of the BIGGEST water tanks ever constructed (at that time) and were basically just sitting around not being used. When Cameron found out about it, knowing that it was BIGGER than any "water tank" available at ANY movie studio, he pushed to get permits to film at the plant. So, outside of a few things here and there in regard to seeing people inside of submersibles, where they had to use CGI effects to show the people.... ANY time that you see the structures and vehicles WITHOUT people in them, they were using actual models and depth perception filming tricks to make things look bigger or smaller on camera. The crew spent A MASSIVE amount of time in the tanks during filming in order to not only learn how to properly act under water on a physical level, but also to get a heightened sense of "isolation" in their acting performances. At the end of filming, the crew (both actors and camera crew) had spent enough time under water to qualify for EXPERT diving certifications. The only think that they were missing was the diving "at X-Y-Z depths" portions. Because basically they were only around 25-30 of water depth in total. So, when you see them coming out of the "moon pool", or swimming from one structure to another, or wearing the tanks and masks.... they were REALLY doing it. Especially the entire Submarine scene, which was a structure built and flooded in order to keep EVERYONE in the scene in their full diving gear at ALL times.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I love how you deduced "sea aliens" from almost zero information right up front! 😆

[@rbrtck]

Well, she did know the movie was written and directed by James Cameron. I remember that when _Titanic_ was announced, many people immediately guessed or assumed that it was about aliens, too. Seriously. Obviously they were wrong in that case, but all it took to get them to suggest something that crazy was the fact that Cameron was making it.

[@kieronball8962]

Sadly for everyone involved, this was a nightmare production, but the end result for viewers was one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time.

[@LordVolkov]

It was Cameron's first on-water production and thankfully he had learned from his mistakes by the time of Titanic (where he discovered new problems) and then Avatar 2 😅

[@cruesome1971]

Chris Elliott, he was in Groundhog Day (if you've seen that) and the other guy was Dr. Kelso on Scrubs.

[@speleokeir]

Chris Elliott was also one of the burglers in the Home Alone films.

[@dnish6673]

@@speleokeirNope.

[@wratched]

Chris Elliott (the "queen bitch of the universe" guy) is most remembered these days for his roles on "How I Met Your Mother" and "Schitt's Creek". And contrary to what others in this comment section are saying, this was an original screenplay, not an adaptation. It was novelised, like all big movies were back then, but it was an original story by James Cameron, just like all his other movies.

[@wyrmshadow4374]

What about his series on FOX? Get A Life

[@gatedemon1]

this is a great underwater movie also for a movie from 1989 it looks so dam good watch Leviathan also great movie to stay in the underwater theme

[@rbrtck]

Yes, that super-oxygenated fluid is breathable by mammals. Humans tend not to tolerate it so well, but smaller mammals seem to take it quite well. Ed Harris (Bud) didn't really do it in real life, but this rat did, and that's what you saw. By the way, this rat eventually became James Cameron's pet after the movie.

[@davebaker4911]

Great review, loved it! Michael Biehn is the Actor who played the bad guy Lt Coffey. He was also in Terminator (Kyle Reese) and also ALIENS (Corporal Hicks) both also by James Cameron.

[@DigitalJediMaster]

Although this is explained in supplementary material, it was implied the ocean was closer to their natural habitat. You'll notice the creature that takes his hand doesn't appear to be wearing any gear or diving equipment as we would know it. The novelization eventually confirmed that. They went under the sea for the same reason if we landed on a world, we probably wouldn't.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Fun fact: Since normal SCUBA gear goes in a person's mouth making them unable to talk, and heavier diving gear is too bulky, James Cameron wanted a way to see the actors' faces in the water, and for them to be able to talk. So he had those diving helmets designed and created. They were fully functional, as the actors were actually filming the underwater scenes in a giant water tank. Of the three underwater movies that came out around the same time (The Abyss, Leviathan, and Deepstar Six), this was the only one not to fake the underwater scenes. 9:14 - "No way. You could not do that." - Actually, that scene was real. Such fluid exists and the rat really did "breathe" it, however it doesn't work in humans. I believe it has something to do with the size different in human lungs and the difficulty of inhaling and exhaling the fluid. It's also not practical, because there's no practical way to clean the fluid of all the stuff it would pick going into and out of the body. In the theatrical version, all mention of military tensions and the aliens threatening to destroy the surface world are missing. The aliens save bud, show him his communications with his wife and then they raise their city and save everyone. There were many other small scenes, but that's the biggest difference.

[@neil2444]

31:07 Supposedly Ed Harris did this scene with all of the emotion behind his performance, and the director had to tell him that they forgot to load the camera with film so he had to do it a second time. It led to him storming off (as I'd imagine, since I'm sure he was pulling those emotions from a very dark place the first time as well).

[@garysmith3037]

Watching this in a dark theater on the big screen was amazing. You really felt the isolation and the dark emptiness as he sinks down into the trench. It will be back in theaters in March.

[@hughtube5154]

Everyone else in the comments are saying it's in cinemas on 6 December. Not sure if you're in a diffefent part of the world though.

[@garysmith3037]

@@hughtube5154 , I thought I read March 2024 in a comment or two. Looked it up and it says Dec 6. Oops, lol.

[@oobrocks]

Ed Harris nearly died making this film. He was underwater and a scuba guy gave him the regulator upside down; therefore he took in half air and half water… glad he survived!

[@wobaguk]

I always assumed they either evolved under the sea, or at least evolved on another planet at the bottom of their ocean, and set up shop here in the closest environment to their natural environemt.

[@LoricSwift]

Yeah, it seems like at least some of their technology is based around the manipulation of water, and so I always assumed they had a natural affinity for it, or at least an understanding we lacked.

[@hannahpumpkins4359]

I used to live in the Florida Keys. One day I went out on a Wave Runner in a hurricane - yes, not my best idea. The seas past the reef were massive, and I jumped one monster wave but the next one was even bigger, and it spilled on top of me - it felt like I was hit by a speeding truck. Instantly it knocked out all my breath, and I felt like every part of me had been broken. My goggles, gloves, shoes, jewelry, etc were all pulled off of me by the force of this wave. Then it pushed me under - around 75' at least. I saw the Wave Runner parallel with me in that deep water just drifting slowly with the current. I looked down to the abyss, and it was jet black. I looked up and could see traces of sunlight, but my PFD wasn't working that well at pulling me up top the surface. I was ascending slowly, but running out of breath... Then I got to a certain point and knew I wouldn't make it, and my body just started to panic and my feet started kicking on their own in an attempt to get me some air. I tried to stay calm - I remember thinking how beautiful the dark water was, and how quiet it was too - I thought, "this is a nice place to die". I held my breath as long as I could, but was still a ways from the surface when I needed to breath, and was just overtaken by this brutal horror -so bad it's really beyond description- of the thought that I'm going to be inhaling water. It lasted only a moment before my body just inhaled on its on. Everything went black, and there was no sound at all - it was just nothingness. My friend who had come with said I just appeared on the surface next to him, and he grabbed me and got the water out of my lungs and got me breathing etc again. So, salt water drowning isn't bad; the terror doesn't last more than a few seconds or so, and then it's over.

[@mikeaninger7388]

Fun fact: there is no such thing as a marker buoy. You don’t want to signal to the enemy where your ship is, sunken, or not. So when a military vessel is lost at sea, finding it can be very, very hard.

[@pedroV2003]

FWIW the drowning scene is one of the hardest scenes for me to watch in any movie.

[@pete_lind]

Filming location was old Cherokee Nuclear power plant, in South Carolina, Duke Power run out of money after spending $700 mil , so it was never finished , big tank with 28 mil liter of water is reactor containment vessel , 18 m deep and 70 m across . Smaller tank they used was turbine pit , 9 mil liter water , parts of that movie set was really under water.

[@KrazyKat007]

I didn’t know the Cherokee built nuclear power plants?!

[@pete_lind]

@@KrazyKat007 Americans do love to name things after native tribes. Search it on Google and you see pics of rusty Abyss sets.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

5:34 "I think he's the guy from _Apollo... 13."_ Yes. That's Ed Harris. He played Gene Kranz. I was a _huge_ fan of that movie when it first came out. Watched it over and _over_ again.

[@honkenbonker]

I chose a titanium wedding band because of this movie. Love that Virgil's faith in his marriage saved his life.

[@rbrtck]

Bud's love for Lindsey (along with his selfless sacrifice) also saved the world. Well, I doubt the NTIs were actually going to commit genocide against humanity, but Bud's actions convinced them to meet up with us to try to help us. He showed the NTIs that we are worth saving (from ourselves).

[@PalimpsestProd]

16:00 their wedding bands are engineer's rings, they're made of solid titanium.

[@davebaker4911]

The song they all sing along to is called ‘Willin’ by Linda Ronstadt’.

[@angelohernandez6060]

If you noticed whenever the little red bugger was around anything electronic lost power. That's why the sub lost power and lost control and hit that underwater mountain. Oh, and yes, we do breathe a liquid in our mother tummys before birth. You know when your water breaks before the baby comes? That's your body expelling the liquid for birth.

[@clinthowe7629]

Coffee is suffering from pressure sickness, she mentioned it earlier, blurred vision, pressure tremors probably even his paranoia is being caused by it.

[@torbjornkvist]

They filmed it in an abandoned nuclear power plant. The filming was hell since James Cameron is a fanatic taskmaster.

[@grabtharshammer]

I just clicked like before you even started ... because I love this film

[@IgnorantCrayon]

"Get on top of her and do it harder." I too, am a child. 😄

[@colinmelton3815]

The ring was Titanium. It became VERY popular after this came out, everybody including myself bought copies as wedding rings from the original creator.

[@billbryant9995]

Love your reactions! The "Talk dirty to him" cracked me up.

[@speleokeir]

Dawn's mind is always in the gutter. And that's why we love her!😁

[@jeffthompson9622]

Michael Biehn(with the shaky hands) is also in "The Terminator," "Aliens," and "Tombstone."

[@guitarman8462]

The bad guy with the mustache who dies , was also in " Terminator "

[@wyldhowl2821]

Michael Biehn without mustache = hero. Michael Biehn with mustache = villain.

[@RoGueNavy]

The SEAL commander is played by Michael Beihn. He also played a SEAL Team leader in the movie "Navy SEALs", and portrayed Kyle Reese, in the first "Terminator" film.

[@georgekellon2471]

And Hicks in Aliens

[@RoGueNavy]

@@georgekellon2471 I know there's another movie where he plays a Navy SEAL, but the name escapes me.

[@Alexandertg1955]

The Head SEAL is also Corporal Hicks in Aliens and Kyle Reese in Terminator.

[@snorpenbass4196]

The aliens _are_ actually aquatic - they're from space, but they evolved underwater, which is why their technology is based on that. So they weren't always there, this is a small research colony basically. And the bit that floated to the surface was just a small part of it, we saw the colony was at least a mile wide when Bud got his rollercoaster ride.

[@LukeLovesRose]

The Abyss is James Cameron's Close Encounters. It is a great movie

[@ryanje8147]

Dawn.....I am surprised you didn't recognize the bad guy with the mustache as Kyle Reese from The Terminator and Corporal Hicks from Aliens. You really liked those movies.

[@Blue-qr7qe]

Maybe if you watch TOMBSTONE ....

[@Deegee_1969]

It's true that we know more about space than our deep oceans. That's mainly because of the logistics and tech needed for us to survive any length of time at the seabed. The rat scene is legit genuine. They spent lots of time and research on the background of the oxygenated perfluorocarbon fluid, as well as spending $400 per gallon of the stuff, so it made little sense to fake the routine. As for the scenes of Ed Harris and the fluid... well, that's just terrifying. And @8:57... that's a saucy laugh if ever I heard one. :D

[@jollyrodgers7272]

I was crewmember on a Research Vessel when this was popular, and it remained one of the favorites in the ship's library. So funny when she references Roger Ramjet - a mid-sixties cartoon character. If you think aliens are morally superior, you'll be in for a rude shock. Granted, we live in a Fallen World - but in the end, Good triumphs.

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

The abyss is one of my favorite James Cameron movies

[@yourthaiguy]

Ranks among the MOST difficult movie shoots in Hollywood history according to everyone involved. Right up along FITZCARRALDO, SORCERER and APOCALYPSE NOW...

[@rbrtck]

They filmed most of this movie in an abandoned nuclear reactor filled with water. It was the hardest movie to shoot, ever. There is a whole documentary on this, and it is absolutely fascinating.

[@wyrmshadow4374]

Cooling tower, not the reactor.

[@rbrtck]

@@wyrmshadow4374 True, but I was just referring to the facility as a whole, not intending to be more specific than that. And if anyone is wondering, the facility was abandoned *before* it was completed, so it never actually operated as a nuclear generating station (what I should have called it, but people are more familiar with "reactor").

[@AddSerious]

If you can find the book (good luck) the first few chapters are all the main characters as children, you learn why they are who they are and it adds so much to the story.

[@Philistine47]

The song is "Willin'" by Little Feat. It is indeed a fun one.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

According to the film's novelization written by Orson Scott Card, the sinking of the USS Montana was just a freak accident.

[@MrSporkster]

8:46-8:58 is classic Dawn, right down to the filthy laugh!

[@konowd]

Probably my favorite Cameron movie

[@darrenwatkins7896]

Definitely go with Deep Blue Sea (Thomas Jane) and Deep Rising (Treat Williams, who we sadly lost this year)

[@rbrtck]

Too much oxygen is a real problem at that pressure. The problem happened when Jammer panicked and bashed his valve controls on the doorway.

[@rubroken]

Again, I love your predictions for the movies you react to. Sometimes they are so right on, but always fun to hear

[@michaelmccoy8059]

That's Ed Harris from Apollo 13. Great actor I'm A LOT of films. One in particular I like and it's a true story from my home state South Carolina is Radio starring Ed Harris and Cuba Gooding Jr

[@b.c.5003]

"You need to get on top of her and do it harder". 🤣😂😅 The aliens were hiding and watching the world. Like investigating the humans.

[@Nangleator22]

"How did they film this?" A loaded question. To my mind, it was the most effort of any movie before.

[@vernhoke7730]

This is an outstanding movie, I own a copy and have watched it dozens of times. Deep Blue Sea is another good one. Samuel L. Jackson and L.L. Cool J. star. Leviathan is pretty good too.

[@Jon.Ninety]

As you're asking for recommendations: Weird film: The Greasy Strangler Mind blower: The Fountain - with Hugh Jackman Underwater: Das Boot - it's long and german - i won't do a sausage joke.

[@argolattarini]

Michael Biehn -Terminator, The Rock - Ed Harris - The Rock, the truman show, . Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio - Scarface - Robin Hood, The color of money

[@user-ii3pw4nb9b]

This movie was filmed in an abandoned/unfinished nuclear reactor in .....North Carolina?....if memory serves me...I hope! The set was built...water added then....a 4 inch layer of tiny black plastic beads was floated on the surface and then they covered it wit a black plastic cover. As I remember the information...................

[@ciphernine7824]

This movie is returning to theaters on Dec 6th, for one day only - in 4K.

[@squarewave808]

I totally understand your fear of water. I honestly cannot imagine a worse death than drowning. God bless all those sailors throughout history who had to experience that.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

1:34 woah ocean aliens. Good call. 3:42 something like an elecomagnetic pulse (EMP) knocked out the sub's power and steering. When power came back on they collided with the side of a under water mountain. This was inadvertently caused by whatever zoomed by at over 100 knots (115 mph) 9:08 that is real. The rat really was submerged in the liquid and breathed it. Although it is very difficult to breathe it could be done. And premature babies whose lungs are not yet fully developed have a trickle of this fluid pumped into their lungs to keep them moist so that they don't collapse. But they aren't breathing underwater. 9:49 yes they filmed this in a deep pool at night. There was a unfinished nuclear reactor whose base was water tight, there was no radiation or anything but the unused facility was perfect for this. I love how real It makes the movie seem to be. 14:50 rats (or as I call them rat-ah-tats) make great pets. They are intelligent and friendly. Not at all dirty especially domesticated rats. I've had 3 of them. If you didn't know anything about wild rats you would love these animals as pets. 16:19 it's titanium the strongest metal there is. 41:00 the book stated the aliens evolved on a water world they evolved under the water and so chose to live on the bottom of the ocean and not mingle with the humans who were dangerous. The book stated the aliens accidentally crashed the sub they didn't realize that they would disable it just buy being next to it. The nuclear bombs on the sub for design to be launched on missiles they really couldn't be used underwater. The sub was on a routine patrol and the aliens and the sub accidentally encountered each other. As in so many things it was a misunderstanding.